Daemons Of The Shadow Realm Gets Second Season After Finale
The second season arrives while the manga is still running monthly in Shonen Gangan, so the production has a moving source to adapt rather than a finished story to close out.
Key Facts
- Daemons of the Shadow Realm was announced for a second season after the first season's final episode aired on Sunday.
- The first season ran for two consecutive cours and 24 episodes.
- Masahiro Ando directed the anime at Bones Film.
- The anime premiered on April 4 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV, and Crunchyroll streamed it with a same-day English dub.
- Hiromu Arakawa launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan in December 2021, and Square Enix published the 13th volume on July 10.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The staff of the Daemons of the Shadow Realm television anime announced a second season after the final episode of the first season aired on Sunday. The first season ran for two consecutive cours and 24 episodes, adapting Hiromu Arakawa's manga. Masahiro Ando, whose credits include Sword of the Stranger, directed the anime at Bones Film. Noboru Takagi oversaw the series scripts, Nobuhiro Arai designed the characters and worked as chief animation director, and Kenichiro Suehiro composed the music. Kensho Ono voices Yuru and Yume Miyamoto voices Asa, with Yuichi Nakamura as Dera, Misaki Kuno as Gabu-chan, Takako Honda as Left, Rikiya Koyama as Right, and Miyuri Shimabukuro as Hana. The anime premiered on April 4 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV, and Crunchyroll streamed it with a same-day English dub. Arakawa launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan in December 2021.
The second season announcement came with a teaser video posted to the anime's official website and X account, and the news landed through Aniplex's YouTube channel and Comic Natalie.
Bones Film handled the first season. Masahiro Ando directed, and his earlier work includes Sword of the Stranger, which Anime Corner named in its report. Noboru Takagi's script supervision credits include Kingdom seasons 3 through 6 and the first four seasons of Golden Kamuy. Character designer and chief animation director Nobuhiro Arai worked on Bungo Stray Dogs. Kenichiro Suehiro, who composed the music, also scored Golden Kamuy and the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- franchise.
The cast beyond the leads includes Junichi Suwabe as Jin, Akira Ishida as Asuma Kagemori, Shinichiro Miki as Ivan Yosano, Kappei Yamaguchi as Hikaru Kagemori, and Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kai.
Broadcast reached HTB Hokkaido TV, Aomori Broadcasting, Miyagi TV, Sakuranbo TV, TV-U Fukushima, and Television Niigata Network, among other channels, after the April 4 premiere on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV at 11:30 p.m. local time. Square Enix published the manga's 13th compiled volume on July 10. Square Enix Manga & Books releases the series in English.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Daemons of the Shadow Realm Anime Gets 2nd Season
- Anime Corner Daemons of the Shadow Realm Season 2 Announced With Teaser Video